Camphor weed

Camphor weed

The foliage of this plant smells strongly of camphor and was sometimes used instead of camphor. The plant (Pluchea camphorata) belongs to the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Note: A 1918 wildflower book listed salt-marsh fleabane as Pluchea camphorata and commented that the flowers had a faint odor of camphor. A more recent wildflower book that mentions the camphor weed refers to marsh fleabane as Pluchea purpurascens. The Asteraceae family is very large, and apparently changes continue to be made to the nomenclature.

Camphor weed was a clear dominant in the primary dune zone at Site 1 in summer, winter, and spring, and it was a co-dominant with partridge pea in fall (Table 5).

The same five species: railroad vine, beach croton, Ipomoea imperati (beach morning glory), Panicum amarum (bitter panicum), and camphor weed comprised the top five species in importance in each season.

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